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the brumby pump is nothing special, it's just an air lift aka pulsar pump where air bubbles lift water. you can make your own, it's kind of dumb to buy something so simple unless its cheap and i dont think brumby's are. they are great for clearing wells full of debris because there are no moving...

just put it underground as deep as your shovel can take it

oh ok you want to minimize the time it takes to irrigate because you're so used to irrigation screwing up your water pressure. I still think ideally you'd want to be able to water the lawn and take a shower at the same time (and you would be able to with an 18 GPM pump and your current sprinkler...

why are you so concerned with the amount of time it takes to irrigate? do you have to move sprinklers around manually? an automatic irrigation system is very easy to setup and sounds like it'd free up half your week and allow you to use a CSV and not care if it takes forever to water. or is...

the distance is less of a concern than the elevation. sounds like you have anywhere from 100 to 150 feet of head which is up to 65 PSI lost from elevation. you'll need a decent submersible or jet pump for that, somebody here will have a recommendation im sure. you want to keep it cheap it seems...

sledge hammer is far from ideal. you want something heavier especially for 2 inch. progress is progress though. hopefully you not only dug as deep as you could manually with an auger or something before you started driving but you also kept the walls from collapsing in. sand friction is the...

http://www.amazon.com/Water-Source-Pitcher-Pp500-Spout/dp/B00093Z652/ref=sr_1_5?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1310524997&sr=1-5 i bought that and it was well worth the measely cost. you have to pour a little water in the top of it while you're priming the well but after that there's no problems. i...

in my experience you can't expect to get much more than double the starting GPM by developing so you're probably at your limit. going deeper will only increase the flow rate if you hit better sand beneath it but there's simply no way to tell without trial and error. it's sounding like you're...

What do you find is the best for doing connection on PVC pipe of moderate diameter of say 2"? It's my understanding that PVC cleaner and primer are exactly the same thing with the exception of the dye. They have the exact same ingredients and effect on the PVC. The dye is nice so you don't...

not sure if anyone else answered, but with water 37 feet down you need a submersible pump. a jet pump will not be efficient at all and if you're going geo you care about efficiency. if you don't want to dig a return well then dig a hole, make your own lake and call it waterfront property :)

a thorough pumping with a pitcher pump provides a lot of back and forth water flow which is generally enough to develop a small shallow well. if you want to get more advanced you can use a surge block in between pumping sessions where you take, in your case, about a 16 foot pole with something...

Iron still seems to be the standard for a high value long lasting pump. I have an iron centrifugal that is about 3 years old that pumps good rather clear looking water from a shallow well. After it sits for a good 12 hours if I open the priming valve to let a little water leak out it is just as...

the chances of 160# poly being damaged merely by shifting earth are like one in a million. it's worth the extra cost over the 100# poly, not because you need it to sustain the water pressure but just for having thicker walls for general wear and tear during installation and future shovels that...

bury it and never speak of it again

the more screen you have under water (as long as it's all under water and remains that way when the pump is running) the better, but 3 foot is the most common size for bangable points. you just may need a lot of them to actually water your lawn when you consider an average hose bib puts out 5...

if the pipe is small enough and thin enough (in my experience 2 inch schedule 40 is where it starts getting very difficult but possible) you can easily use a heat gun to heat up one PVC pipe and force another pipe inside it to create a nice custom bell end. From what porky said it sounded like...

the goal of the screen isn't to keep all the particles out, you want it to allow the finer stuff through during the development of the well so you can actually get some decent flow after you're drawing water between larger particles. if the price of the pipe isn't too much of a concern keep that...

if the water is at 60 feet then you've only got a 60 foot column of water protruding beyond the water table adding internal pressure to the poly. if the water level drops to 400 feet on 2012 you'll have a problem though.

ya it must just be a small suction leak from heavy lifting, the pump is not making offensive noises. i'd love to dig a pit for extra efficiency but im afraid of it getting flooded. we can get a truckload of rain at once here and be inundated in no time.

http://www.pondexpo.com/products/valves/pvc.php it's really good stuff, just super heavy and expensive